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Children are introduced to Tennyson the Turtle, a reptile who likes to use metaphors and similes, in this appealing worksheet!

Metaphors and Similes

Learners discover the magic of figurative language in this reading and writing exercise.

Review: Metaphors and Similes

Get students thinking figuratively by having them connect their understanding of metaphors and similes to the books they read in class. Students will seek out a metaphor or simile in their reading, consider the quote's context, then explain what they thin

Metaphor and Simile Search

Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.

Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1

Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis&rsquo;s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Figurative Language in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.

Figurative Language Practice

Ideal for fourth and fifth graders, this worksheet includes figurative language examples and definitions on the first page, and a second full page of questions and tasks that can be used to check for understanding.

Fall Figurative Language Task Cards

Can you tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Students will seek to distinguish between—and determine the meanings of—simple similes and metaphors with this multiple choice activity.

Simile or Metaphor

In this reading and writing worksheet about the poem “A Nation’s Strength” by William Ralph Emerson, students will use their understanding of figurative language to identify and define metaphors and difficult vocabulary.

A Nation’s Strength

Descriptive language and metaphoric phrases take the spotlight in this workbook. Kids use new vocabulary and common phrases to tackle writing skills.

Figurative Language

What's a metaphor? How do you haiku? Kids will hone reading and writing skills with this book, from a simple syllable counting exercise to inventing rhymes and tangling with the Jabberwocky!

Pick a Peck of Poetry

Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

Figurative Language Handout

Kids help Muggo sort metaphors into emotions, actions, and appearances.

Metaphor Sorting in Muggo's Brain

Give kids a chance to think creatively about metaphors by letting them write their own! Students will stretch their imaginations and figurative language skills as they think of ways to describe their class, bedroom, and more.

Write Your Own Metaphors

Students will read metaphors and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

Reading & Understanding Metaphors

Use this activity to help students find and decipher metaphors in the context of short passages. Students will read the passages, record what is being compared in each, and then seek to explain the metaphors' meanings in their own words.

Metaphors in Context

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

Figurative Language in Context #1

Are you as quick as lightning? Learn about similes with this fun activity. Pick a simile and draw a picture to represent it.

Examples of Similes

Use this discussion guide to support students&rsquo; comprehension and analysis of chapters 5&ndash;8 of S.E. Hinton&rsquo;s novel The Outsiders.

Novel Study: The Outsiders: Discussion Guide #2

This worksheet is a slam dunk for metaphors! Your young writer will learn what makes up a metaphor, and then practice making a few of their own.

All About Metaphors

This worksheet is a beast! That's a metaphor, and your child will be writing their own metaphors in no time, then they can use them in a poem.

Animal Metaphors

Introduce readers to the poem &ldquo;I like to see it lap the Miles&rdquo; by beloved American poet Emily Dickinson.

Analyzing Poetry: “I like to see it lap the Miles” by Emily Dickinson

Introduce readers to the poem &quot;The Song of Wandering Aengus&quot; by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet! 
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Analyzing Poetry: "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats

Practice analyzing poetry with&nbsp;one of Emily Dickinson&rsquo;s most popular poems!

Analyzing Poetry:  “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson

In this worksheet, learners will practice identifying metaphors as they color in the logs that contain them.

What Is a Metaphor?

Introduce readers to the poem &ldquo;We Wear the Mask&rdquo; by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet! 
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Analyzing Poetry: “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Introduce readers to the poem &ldquo;O Captain! My Captain!&rdquo; by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!&nbsp;

Analyzing Poetry: “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman

Let your figurative language skills blossom with this middle-grade springtime metaphor maze!&nbsp;

Figurative Language Maze: Spring Metaphors

In this exercise, students will use linking verbs to write metaphors with support.

Writing Metaphors with Linking Verbs

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